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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the RVC veterinary services newsletter
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New Home for the Blood Donor Programme
Charlotte Russo, Head Transfusion Medicine RVN The RVC Blood Donor Programme, which was based within the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA), has grown significantly since being established, 20 years ago. This expansion has included a ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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A Week in the Cardiology Service
With a recently expanded team, the RVC Cardiology Service is working harder to diagnose and treat cardiac diseases, ranging from complex congenital heart disease and acquired cardiomyopathies. -
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Cardiothoracic Surgery Team Progress
Dan Brockman, who leads the team and is Professor of Small Animal Surgery, outlines developments in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Service, which are enabling more dogs to be treated. The RVC·¬ÇÑapp™s service, which was established in 2005, is the only place ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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The RVC Blood Donor Programme Reaches 20-Year Milestone
The RVC Blood Donor Programme is vital to the everyday functioning of the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. The blood products it provides allow our specialist clinical teams to help hundreds of animals every year. -
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Cardiac Arrhythmias in Horses
Equine arrhythmias result in a range of effects, from poor performance and reduced exercise capacity to sudden cardiac death ·¬ÇÑapp“ but are also present in healthy equine athletes. -
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Rare Vascular Malformation of the Caudal Vena Cava
A one-year-old Rottweiler was treated for an acquired traumatic kink in her caudal vena cava that was responsible for post-sinusoidal venous hypertension. The trauma was most likely caused by an altercation with a deer. Lorna had a massive ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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Aortic thromboembolism: Anything new?
Aortic thromboembolism (ATE) is a devastating complication of cardiomyopathy in cats. It is one of the most distressing diseases seen in veterinary medicine and often results in euthanasia due to its poor prognosis. -
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The Value of a New Digital Pathology Platform
The ·¬ÇÑapp has establishment a digital pathology platform, which allows digital scanning of glass slides to produce high-resolution digital slide images. -
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Laying the Foundations of Groundbreaking Treatments
·¬ÇÑapp Professor of Molecular Immunology Dirk Werling explains how the evolution of fascilities at the RVC will lay the foundations of research that will help animals globally. -
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Cardiac Research Clinic Hits a Recruitment Milestone
This year, researchers at the RVC·¬ÇÑapp™s Mitral Valve Clinic (MVC) were excited to recruit their 500th patient. Whilst there are a number of diseases that affect the canine heart, degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is by far the most common. The ·¬ÇÑapp¦